Family

My sweet in-laws were finally able to make it out to Oklahoma

to meet Scarlett for the first time!

It was sooo great to see them,

Scarlett was in heaven with all the attention.

 

She also got to meet cousin Kate for the first time,

along with Chris's sister Sarah and her husband Ryan.

 



Ha, I love this picture,

my husband and daughter look so excited.

 



We spent the weekend visiting, eating, and on Saturday

we went to the pumpkin patch!  It was so much fun.

I dominated at tether ball :) ....not....

 



We mainly went to the farm for the pumpkin patch and I was

so excited to take the hayride out to see all of the pumpkins.

When we got there, I was disappointed that

it was the tiniest little patch of dirt with the smallest

little sugar pumpkins I've ever seen just laying around,

not even on a vine haha.

My dream of getting a precious family picture out

in the middle of a field of pretty pumpkins was crushed.

But it was still fun!

 



Then on Sunday we had Scarlett's baby blessing.

It was so sweet and special.

I'm so glad that some of Chris's family was able to

be there, we just wish that everyone was able to come!

 

I love baby girl's squished face in this one :)

 



 

Thank you all for coming!  It was so great to see everyone,

love you!

2 Months

 

Can't believe my little babe is two months old!

 



Official stats:

Weight: 12 pounds, 4 ounces, 74th percentile

(I thought she would be higher than that haha)

Head size:  94th percentile (Taking after daddy!)

Length:  99th percentile!!

Holy cow, I had no idea that she was so tall for her age.

 



 

She had her two month checkup yesterday and got a whole slew of vaccines.

It broke my heart :(

I'm so thankful that Chris was there to be the one

to pin her down so that I didn't have to.

 

 

We love her more and more each day!

She's more social and is developing a personality,

I think she's going to be a sassy little thing.

 

Her smiles melt my heart, and she's THIS close to laughing,

I can't wait for that day!

She's starting to coo, she follows our faces,

and she's discovering her hands.

It's so fun to see every new milestone.

 

She's pretty happy most of the time,

except for when we want to take pictures of course!

This last picture captures her mood for most of the shoot :)

Like I said....sassy :)

 

 

Thankfully her sleep schedule is improving.

One night she slept for eight hours straight!

However, I'm going to be returning to

working night shift at the end of the month,

so all of our hard work might get undone.

It depends on how it all works out with Chris's schedule

with mine, but we might have to adjust

her hours of sleep.

I'm not too worried about it though, since she already

wants to stay up all night and sleep during the day.

 

I don't want to leave this precious girl!!

 

 The other night in the car Chris asked me,

"What's Scarlett's middle name?"

Ha we obviously didn't use any sort of sentimental

name for her, I just picked one that I thought was cute :)

(Claire)

He then went on to tell me that sometimes he forgets

her first name too, cause he always just calls her "baby".

Or sometimes he calls her Betty....bleh,

we're still working on finding a good nickname.

(He gets it from saying Scarlettie Betty)

Hopefully we can come up with a good one,

but for now we'll just work

on getting Chris to remember her real name :)

Let's get Physical!

Thought I'd start out with this little gem.

I was a little too entertained by our broken  mirror :)

But anyways, I'll get to the point!

Chris and I are trying to be healthier,

starting with how we eat.  We're trying to eat out less

and make more nutritious meals.

I was pretty proud of how this one turned out;

herb crusted pork tenderloin with green beans.

 



We also got some sweet sweatbands

to make us feel more intense.

I know, we're pretty intimidating!

 



We've made a goal to work out every day.

Chris came up with a "fun" little game for some of our workouts.

We each use a deck of cards and assign an exercise

for each suite, like squats or bicep curls or lunges, etc.

Then we draw a card and have to do that number of that certain exercise.

I hate kings :(

 



The other night we totalled everything up and I ended up

doing 83 bicep curls, 107 leg raises, 136 high knees, and 96 lunges.

It's a pretty good way to work out different muscle groups,

plus it goes by quickly since it feels like a game.

 



I want my pre-pregnancy body back!!

 



Here's the chart we made to motivate us.

I am one of those people that has to have a reward for my hard work :)

We developed a sticker system, and both Chris and I

have to work out that day in order to get a sticker.

5 stickers= Mini frosty

10= Frozen yogurt

20= Coldstone

30= Nice meal out

40= Nice meal out plus dessert

 

But of course I don't want to spend my hard earned stickers

on yogurt, I want to save up for a nice meal!

It's working pretty well so far,

it's now been almost two weeks and we haven't missed a day!

 



My daughter, the vampire

Scarlett is definitely my daughter.

She is a night owl and doesn't like to wake up in the morning.

I'm also convinced that me working the night shift during

my whole pregnancy added to the problem.

This is what she often looks like during the day.

And I am more than willing to join her for naptime.

However, Scarlett likes to mess with me.

I try to keep her awake for at least an hour after she eats

before she takes a nap, but that's easier said than done.

The other day I was trying, unsuccessfully, to keep her awake.

She was just dead to the world.

After 45 minutes I gave in, decided I was exhausted and would nap as well,

and put her down in her crib.

Literally not even two minutes later I looked over

at the monitor and this is what I saw...

 



What the heck?!

I guess she didn't want to let me sleep.

I couldn't be mad at her though because that face was just too adorable!

She layed smiling and nearly giggling all alone in her crib.

 

Then she chilled with her hand behind her head for a little while.

 



 

We're trying to correct her circadian rhythm :)

Maybe she should be a vampire for Halloween??

Ha, no, I already have her costume picked out and I can't wait!

Love this doll baby!

Successful Day

One of the hardest things for me these past few weeks

has been feeling unproductive.

Obviously I'm doing my job of focusing on taking care of my little one,

but the OCD in me makes me cringe

when I have a dirty house and piles of laundry.

And it's not the most awesome thing when Chris

comes home from school and I'm still in my pajamas sitting

in the same spot on the couch.

 

BUT, good news is, we're starting to figure out a schedule.

Scarlett will actually take solid naps, which has allowed me to not

feel like as much of a blob.

 

Today, for example, was a success.

Chris woke up early with me and we read our scriptures

while Scarlett fed. 

Then we worked out together!

This was my first real workout since delivering.

It was hard, but it felt so good to move again.

 

I got to shower and get ready for the day.

Then I cleaned, did laundry, and played with this little cutie.

 



 

She's finally starting to get her days and nights figured out-

she let me sleep for six hours straight last night!!

 

Then Scarlett and I went on a little stroll around the neighborhood!

Cabin fever is a real thing, one of the highlights

of my day is walking down the street to check the mail.

But today we ventured to uncharted territory,

the neighborhood across from us- haha.

It was so nice to be out in the fresh air,

we're probably going to make this a regular activity.

 

I was feeling soooo good about myself for having such a good day...

when Scarlett decided to throw up all over me.

She has some serious issues with burp cloths, she avoids

them like the plague.

When I tried to move her head onto the cloth,

she jerked it to the other side of my shirt and threw up again.

Good job sweetheart, you got my whole front side.

I changed my shirt, and then this lovely happened...

Guess she wanted to even it out and get my pants too.

This clean up was a two person job, to Chris's excitement :)

 

Then she finished out the day with taking a cat nap

basking in the sun.

Gotta love her!!

 



Pool time

Scarlett had her first day out by the pool!

Even though she didn't get in the water,

I was so excited to dress her up in her cute little swim outfit :)



 

She's still adjusting to the outdoors,

the wind kind of freaks her out a bit.

But all in all, she did really well!

 

Chris and Scarlett enjoyed some daddy daughter

bonding time poolside.

Sometimes I think Chris likes the pacifier more

than the baby.

 

I wish we had more time in the summer!

I don't want it to get cold :(

(mostly because Scarlett hardly owns any warm clothes)

So much fun!

I Don't Know About You....

...But I'm feeling 22!!!!

And yes, I did play that song about fifteen times on Friday.

(Which Chris especially enjoyed)

Speaking of my hubs, can I just brag that I have

THE greatest and sweetest husband ever?!

He spoiled me rotten and gave me my perfect idea of a fantastic day.

 

 

To start out with, we needed a new baby monitor

anyway since our hand-me-down was kind of broken,

but I consider this a birthday presents cause Chris let me

splurge..

and it is hands down one of the greatest things ever invented!!



I mean, come on..a video monitor??

It is perfect for a super paranoid parent like myself,

I LOVE it!!

And we found a really good deal on it, so that makes it even sweeter :)

 



After a most scrumptious breakfast of French toast and

buttermilk syrup, Chris gave me this box.

Imagine my excitement when I could feel something moving!

A puppy?!?!?!

 



 

Unfortunately Chris is too responsible to get a puppy when we

have a newborn to take care of,

but he DID bring home little Howie and Roxie!!

They were our cute ferrets that we gave to a friend last year.

He was planning on borrowing them for a few

hours to play with, but ironically

the friend was going out of town all weekend

and said we got to keep them for a few days.... (yaayy....) haha.

 

My next gift was a note saying that we had an

appointment for a couples massage!!!

Hallelujah, I've had one once before and it was the greatest

thing of my life.  Friday was just as wonderful.

My massage therapist told me that my "traps are completely torn up".

Yep, I know.  I have knots allllll the time.

 



Chris knows me too well.

We stopped at a sketchy little Hispanic store

to pick up some delicious Mexican candy!!!

Anything covered in chili powder is amazing :)

 



 

Next on my most perfect day,

we walked around the mall and shopped :)

Ha, so simple, but I very rarely buy new clothes,

and it's even more rare that Chris will come with me.

I was in heaven.

Steak, potatoes, and rolls with apple butter.

What more could a girl want??

 



This is how we felt after dinner, soooo full.

 

 

Okay, as if my birthday hadn't already been wonderful enough,

we topped it off with going to see WICKED!!!!

I've been dying to see it forever and when I heard they

were coming to Oklahoma,

I dropped hints everyday to Chris that I wanted to go.

He bought tickets without telling me, intending for it to be a birthday surprise..

but my cunning ways mixed with Chris's inability

to keep a secret led to me finding out

about it a couple months ago :)

 



 

It was amazing!!!  Everything I ever hoped it would be!!

I was so giddy the whole time.

I want to see it again and again!!



My birthday was amazing,

but I missed seeing this adorable face all day.

Nothing can top coming home to my beautiful baby girl.

 



 

I love you Chris and Scarlett!!